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CVE-2008-0181

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Admin portlet in Liferay Portal 4.3.6 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Shutdown message.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Liferay — Liferay Enterprise Portal

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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